CORONAVIRUS POSTPONES AND CANCELS MANY ARTISTS' SHOWS AND TOURS

By Maxine Covarrubias​El Rodeo Staff Writer

​The coronavirus is affecting all aspects of our lives from the sold-out sanitary products in stores, the postponing of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and now many artists are canceling their shows and tours.

Artists like Green Day, BTS, Mariah Carey, Avril Lavigne, Slipknot, and more are canceling future shows as a preventative measure from COVID-19. While nobody knows how the worldwide epidemic will pan out, analysts say that the music industry may lose five billion dollars.

Green Day tweeted “We have unfortunately made the difficult decision to postpone our upcoming shows in Asia due to the health + travel concerns with coronavirus. We know it sucks, as we were looking forward to seeing you all, but hold on to your tickets we’ll be announcing the new dates very soon.” They tweeted that on February 27th and have yet to announce the future dates.

Music festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach have been postponed until October and will not give out refunds to those who have purchased a ticket that isn’t able to attend.

While many artists have canceled tours due to the virus, Billie didn’t cancel her tour despite the dangerous outbreak at the start of her tour. However, she has now canceled the rest of her tour and is postponing her future shows.

As of now, many artists are taking more precautions to assure the safety of their fans and although it may not be ideal to some, this is the safest way to impede the growth of the virus.